- Good morning guys and welcome
to the eve of eclipse 2017.
It's going to be a great weekend but
we have a lot to do before we get on the road.
We've got to hook up the trailer,
we've got to get the van packed,
we've got to go to church,
we've got to get Mom and Dad over here
and we've got to get in the van and get going
so let's get to it.
(opening music)
Okay, we're all set here.
Ellie and the kids are inside getting ready for church
and I need to hop in the shower
because I'm stinky and we got to
get going to church before we head out.
Hey young man, how was church?
- Good.
- [Jared] Hey young man, how was church?
Hi young lady, how was church?
- It was good.
I do have to say, Jackson did you know
that made me so happy that
you kissed Calvin and were so excited to see him?
Were you sad to not be in his class?
- Yeah, Jackson and Calvin are in different classes now
and when they saw each other, Jackson said
"I missed you Calvin" and hugged him and kissed him
and it was so cute.
- We've got to go in fast mode.
- We've got to go quick.
Mom and Dad are going to be here any minute
and then we're got to get on the road
because it's going to be crazy traffic.
- Okay, let's get changed.
(guitar music)
- [Jared] Well howdy, partner.
- Howdy howdy.
- [Jared] You ready for a road trip?
- Absolutely.
- [Jared] Yeah, I'm excited.
This is going to be a lot of fun
and look at our biggest guest for this trip.
- Very nice.
- [Jared] Trailer is packed and ready to rock.
We've got the hook-up's good.
We've got the van packed.
We've got our kids in the back.
Just going through a check list.
I've got my wife, I've got my mom,
I've got my dad, got my kids, got the guitar.
Do we have drinks?
I think we're ready to rock and roll.
- We just need food, I'm starving.
- Yes, that's one thing.
There is one issue though.
I'll show you real quick so
we've got everything packed here and
I'm trying to close the trunk.
Uh oh.
Because we're on a slant like this,
I can't close the trunk so
we've got to pull out into the road
so I can close the trunk so we can go.
Let's give this another shot.
There we go.
Okay, we are locked and loaded.
I think we should say a prayer before we go.
Dad, would you mind offering the prayer?
- I'd love to thanks.
- Thank you.
- Our Father in heaven, we come before thee
this evening grateful for the many blessing we have.
- Amen.
Let's go.
- Remember we're stopping at our house.
- Oh okay.
Dad needs to go to the bathroom.
- No.
(upbeat music)
- You know what just happened?
Jackson tooted.
- [Jared] Jackson!
Or was that Grandma?
- No, no, not Grandma.
- [Elly] Jackson, who tooted before you?
- Grandma.
- Grandma?
I just opened up beef jerky and
Jackson goes, "Grandma?"
Did you say did you toot or did you smell the toot?
- He said, "I smell a tooty"
- Just my beef jerky.
We blame it on Grandma.
- Sorry Grandma.
That's how we get all the kids to smile for pictures,
everyone say Grandma farted!
- But usually he says me
which is funny because that's usually what it is.
- You hear him just say Grandma farted?
- [Jackson] Grandma farted.
- We are on the road.
We were looking at the gas and
we were like oh no, we've got to get there.
We've got to fill up.
Pulling the camper, we definitely need to fill up more often
so we filled up with gas, our tummies are full
- And now we're on our way.
Traffic has not been near as bad as I thought.
- [Elly] No, clear.
- But knock on wood.
I know that we say that now, it's going to get terrible.
- [Ellie] I'll let you know if it does.
Alright so we jumped back in the car and
Jackson did his thing where he's to try and go to sleep
and Calvin again is laughing at himself
as he's trying to tickle his feet.
Peek-a-boo.
- This is ridiculous.
This is crazy.
Ellie, this is a little insane right now.
- It's not even busy.
- Not even at all.
There is no one, no one here.
I am laying down in the middle of the road
and there is no one here.
Where is all the traffic?
Where is all the traffic Ellie?
This is so surprising.
We literally just pulled off because
it's a beautiful sunset like look how gorgeous this is
but there is no one around.
Like they said to be super cautious about traffic.
There's no one here.
I wonder if tomorrow is going to be the big day,
like everyone's going to come first thing in the morning
or something, I don't know, but
we got some cool pictures.
- Okay, everyone, Daddy's coming,
pretend you're asleep.
Pretend you're asleep.
- Are you all pretending to be asleep?
(laughter)
You guys got me good.
We are having fun on this road trip.
- [Ellie] Almost there.
- We're almost there.
You know what?
I'm feeling a little homesick.
Should we go home?
- [Jackson] No.
- You know what's funny is
we filled up for gas like 40 minutes ago
and we're like, "Oh we need to fill up for gas"
and Jackson goes, "We just did".
Like, we know!
We have to do it again.
- We're here guys, we made it.
May I introduce you to Eclipse 2017 Base Station,
the Mecham base station.
I want to give you a little peek inside
what's going on right now.
We have to be quiet though because Calvin's asleep.
So we're coming in the trailer.
It's nice and toasty and warm in here.
That furnace is great.
Mom and Dad are going to be sleeping
over here on this side, hi.
It's cozy in here, isn't it?
We've got four adults in here, two kids and it's cozy.
Calvin is asleep behind this curtain
and Ellie and I are going to be sleeping there too
and Jackson, you've got this whole couch to yourself.
Are you excited to sleep here, to camp?
- Yes.
- [Jared] Yeah, this is cool, huh?
Are you going to hold those while you go to sleep tonight?
Cool, do you know what's going to happen tomorrow, bud?
- Yeah.
- [Jared] What's going to happen?
- What is going to happen?
- Tomorrow morning, we're going to wake up
and we're going to look outside
and the moon is going to pass in front of the sun and
it's a called a solar eclipse and
it's going to look so cool outside.
- The sky's going to go dark.
- [Jared] Yeah, it's going to get dark in the day time.
That's pretty cool, huh?
- Yeah.
- [Jared] Yeah, so we've got to go to bed so
we can get ready for that tomorrow, okay?
- Is there flashlight?
- I don't know if we'll need flashlights.
I think we'll be okay, yeah
but we have flashlights tonight, okay?
We'll have flashlights in here tonight.
- We will see you guys tomorrow.
Thank you so much for watching.
Jackson, say peace out.
- Peace out.